Jurgen Klopp said Mo Salah was never distracted by contract talks and his renewal boosted the Liverpool squad
Forest have already brought 14 players to the City Ground this summer
Thomas Tuchel and Antonio Conte have both given their take on a fiery London derby that saw both men sent off in a 2-2 draw between Chelsea and Tottenham. The first flare-up came after Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg’s shot from long range put Spurs level early in the second half, which earned both coaches and a couple of assistants yellow cards. At full time, following Tottenham’s second equaliser via Harry Kane, Tuchel and Conte were again sent off after the Chelsea boss took exception to the manner of his counterpart’s handshake.
The former powerhouse of English football has now kicked off the new Premier League campaign with back-to-back defeats after falling to Brighton at home the weekend prior. Interestingly, this is the first season since the inaugural year of Premier League football that a United team has lost successive opening fixtures. On that occasion, Sir Alex Ferguson's men were beaten 2-1 at Sheffield United before facing a 3-0 hammering at home against Everton.
According to reports, Nice have made a bid to sign Blackburn forward Brereton Diaz and are keen on loaning Arsenal's Pepe.
SWINDON Town head coach Scott Lindsey was happy to settle for a point from his side’s League Two clash away at Carlisle United on Saturday.
Jurgen Klopp admitted Liverpool's injury issues have changed the situation, and doubled down on his plans for a new midfielder.
Here's how a statue of the legendary Jimi Hendrix will mark the Tour of Britain on the Isle of Wight.
A goal-free afternoon in the burning sun, then. Such paucity of riches wasn’t, though, for the want of trying.
Arsenal beat Leicester at home to make it two wins from two in the Prem and Mikel Arteta reacted by lauding Gabriel Jesus, as well as sending a message to Gunners supporters.
England assistant coach Paul Collingwood is confident that his team can recover from a difficult first day against South Africa and fight back to set up an exciting Test match on a spicy Lord’s pitch. Just 32 overs were possible before the rain arrived in London and England, having been asked to bowl first by South Africa, managed just 116 for six, with Ollie Pope the bright note on 61 not out. While England played with attacking intent and still scored at 3.6 an over, only Alex Lees could truly be accused of giving his wicket away, with South Africa’s classy pace attack causing trouble.
SAINTS Women completed their pre-season schedule with a narrow 1-0 defeat to Super League outfit Leicester City.
Thomas Tuchel hopes referee Anthony Taylor doesn’t referee Chelsea matches in future and was furious after a feeling refereeing decisions cost his side a win at home to Tottenham. Harry Kane’s late equaliser consigned the Blues to a 2-2 draw but Tuchel didn’t believe either that or Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg’s early goal should have stood due to fouls before they were given. Immediately after the match, Tuchel was sent off after his spat with Spurs manager Antonio Conte but seemed more angry at the referee than his counterpart when he met the media.
The Whites let a two-goal lead slip against Southampton last weekend as they picked up their fourth point of the new Premier League season. Leeds are currently without Patrick Bamford who is on the sidelines with an abductor injury. While Marsch made be short of options, he is happy with the transfer business already done.
The world number three fought back from 4-1 down in the final as Price attempted to avenge his defeat to the Green Machine from last month's World Matchplay in Blackpool. Van Gerwen missed 10 consecutive shots at double before eventually finding his range to level the match 4-4.
Norrie beat Dane Holger Rune in three sets at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati.
"It is a red card. Wrong reaction in the situation. Andersen wanted that, he got it but he (Nunez) made a mistake.”
United are screwed for as long as the Glazers stick around. But Joel and Avram weren't phoning it in at Brentford. These players must go too...
Manager Erik ten Hag questioned his players' hunger and shifted the blame on individual errors as the Dutchman became the first United manager in 100 years to lose his first two games in charge. De Gea, who endured a nightmare first-half against the Bees, fronted up to the TV cameras to apologise for his errors.
Diaz may never score the volume of goals of teammates Mohamed Salah and Darwin Nunez but he can still add potency to his creative spark
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